1954–55 French Division 1

Division Nationale
Season	1954–55
Champions	Reims; 3rd title
Relegated	CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
European Cup	Reims
Latin Cup	Reims
Top goalscorer	René Bliard (30 goals)
	← 1953–54 1955–56 →

The 1954–55 French Division 1 was the 17th season of the French Division 1, the top division of football in France. It was won by Stade de Reims, who won their third league title.

Teams

1954–55 French Division 1 is located in France

Lens

Toulouse

Location of teams in 1954–55 Division 1

Team	Home city	Stadium
Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Stade du Parc Lescure
Lens	Lens	Stade Félix-Bollaert
Lille	Lille	Stade Henri-Jooris
Lyon	Lyon	Stade de Gerland
Marseille	Marseille	Stade Vélodrome
Metz	Metz	Stade Saint-Symphorien
Monaco	Monaco	Stade Louis II
Nancy	Nancy	Stade du Parc des Sports du Pont d’Essey
Nice	Nice	Stade du Ray
Nîmes	Nîmes	Stade Jean-Bouin
Racing Paris	Colombes, Paris	Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Reims	Reims	Stade Auguste-Delaune
Roubaix-Tourcoing	Roubaix	Stade Amédée-Prouvost
Saint-Étienne	Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Sochaux	Montbéliard	Stade Auguste-Bonal
Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau
Toulouse	Toulouse	Stadium Municipal
Troyes-Savinienne	Troyes	Stade de l'Aube

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Reims (C)	34	19	6	9	78	53	1.472	44	Qualification to European Cup first round and 1955 Latin Cup
2	Toulouse	34	15	10	9	57	45	1.267	40
3	Lens	34	13	12	9	56	55	1.018	38
4	Strasbourg	34	15	7	12	74	55	1.345	37
5	Sochaux	34	15	6	13	64	53	1.208	36
6	Bordeaux	34	14	7	13	63	51	1.235	35
7	Saint-Étienne	34	15	5	14	58	51	1.137	35
8	Racing Paris	34	13	8	13	62	57	1.088	34
9	Nice	34	13	8	13	75	81	0.926	34
10	Marseille	34	13	7	14	58	51	1.137	33
11	Nîmes	34	14	5	15	48	52	0.923	33
12	Lyon	34	12	9	13	54	63	0.857	33
13	Nancy	34	12	8	14	59	54	1.093	32
14	Monaco	34	10	11	13	43	45	0.956	31
15	Metz	34	12	7	15	42	72	0.583	31
16	Lille (O)	34	11	8	15	61	58	1.052	30	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	Troyes-Savinienne	34	12	6	16	48	66	0.727	30	Spared from relegation^[a]
18	Roubaix-Tourcoing (R)	34	10	6	18	52	90	0.578	26	Relegation to French Division 2

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Troyes-Savinienne were spared from relegation since Red Star, who were supposed to be promoted from Division 2, were involved in a scandal and refused promotion because of it.

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	RCL	LIL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	FCN	NIC	NMS	RCP	REI	CRT	STE	SOC	RCS	TOU	TRO
Bordeaux		2–1	4–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	7–2	3–1	0–0	5–0	5–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–1
Lens	1–3		2–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–0	4–3	2–1	6–2	2–1	1–1	2–0
Lille	2–2	3–3		3–1	2–1	4–2	3–1	2–5	1–3	6–1	6–0	3–2	4–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2
Lyon	3–1	1–1	2–1		3–0	4–2	0–2	2–1	3–4	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	3–2	1–0
Marseille	3–1	4–0	5–1	1–0		1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–3	5–2	4–0	3–0	2–0	4–0	3–0
Metz	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1		2–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–4	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–3	1–5	4–2
Monaco	1–0	6–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	5–0		0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–2
Nancy	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	3–0	7–0	0–0		4–1	3–1	1–0	2–4	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–5	0–1	4–1
Nice	1–1	1–2	2–1	7–3	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–2		1–0	3–2	3–3	5–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	5–0	5–1
Nîmes	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	6–2		2–0	0–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0
Racing Paris	2–0	1–1	1–3	5–0	3–3	4–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–0		2–5	2–2	4–0	0–3	4–2	2–0	4–1
Reims	3–0	4–2	4–2	3–1	2–0	6–0	3–1	5–2	3–2	4–1	0–3		0–2	2–4	3–1	1–2	2–1	3–0
Roubaix-Tourcoing	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	4–2	1–5	3–3	2–1		1–4	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–6
Saint-Étienne	3–1	1–1	2–2	4–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–2	4–2	0–1	0–2	5–1		3–1	5–1	2–3	0–2
Sochaux	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	1–0	5–2	3–2	4–1	6–2	3–2	4–1	5–0	0–0		1–2	1–0	0–0
Strasbourg	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	4–1	3–3	5–0	4–0	7–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	3–0	5–0	2–5		2–0	4–0
Toulouse FC	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	6–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	6–2	2–0	2–1	4–1		1–1
Troyes-Savinienne	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	4–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–4	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–5	0–3	2–0	2–1	2–1

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lille	7–1	Rennes	1–0	6–1

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	René Bliard	Reims	30
2	Ernst Stojaspal	Strasbourg	23
3	Gunnar Andersson	Marseille	21
4	Just Fontaine	Nice	20
5	Édouard Kargu	Bordeaux	17
	Ginès Liron	Nîmes
	Jacques Foix	Saint-Étienne
	Pierre Flamion	Troyes
9	Abdesselem Ben Mohamed	Bordeaux	15
9	Jean Vincent	Lille	15

References

Division 1 season 1954-1955 at pari-et-gagne.com

[table_note_res_REP0.94164359287435-1] Troyes-Savinienne were spared from relegation since Red Star, who were supposed to be promoted from Division 2, were involved in a scandal and refused promotion because of it.

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